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Harsh Pais

Global 2026

A&O Shearman

Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/M&A

India

5 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Harsh has a broad corporate M&A practice, focussing on large cross-border acquisitions (involving public and private targets), joint ventures and private capital investments, as well as providing strategic advice on corporate governance, securities laws and crisis management.

Harsh advises a wide range of international clients, both large multi-national corporations and private capital (private equity, sovereign wealth and pension funds) across a range of sectors, including regulated industries such as financial services/insurance, infrastructure, and TMT. He also acts for leading Indian corporates on their major outbound M&A matters.

His past experience includes serving as Corporate practice Co-Head at a leading Indian law firm and working at a major international law firm in New York. Harsh is qualified to practise in England & Wales, New York and India.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Corporate/M&A - India

India, expertise based abroad in UK

Individual Editorial

Harsh Pais of A&O Shearman undertakes large-scale acquisitions and has notable experience in technology sector deals, among other areas. He is based in London.

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Strengths

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Harsh's depth of expertise and deep understanding of the Indian legal market puts him right at the top in the list of lawyers whom clients would want to assist with complex mandates.
Corporate/M&AChambers Global Guide
Harsh Pais is terrific, solution-oriented and gives advice at the right time.
Corporate/M&AChambers Global Guide
He is really good; he understands the commercial aspects really well, and coordinates entire transactions from beginning to end in a seamless manner.
Corporate/M&AChambers Global Guide